Brachytydeus bedfordiensis

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eupodina Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Name

The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it is a redundant synonym of Tydeus reticulatus.

The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it is a redundant synonym of Lorryia superba.

Brachytydeus bedfordiensis (Evans, 1952)

Lorryia bedfordiensis, original combination, combination also used by Baker (1968: 992)
Tydeus bedfordiensis, subsequent combination used by André (1987: 152–154)
Brachytydeus bedfordiensis, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 11)

Lorryia bedfordiensis, junior synonym of Tydeus reticulatus according to Kaźmierski (1998: 300)
Brachytydeus reticulata, incorrect subsequent spelling (gender) used by Silva et al. (2016: 12, 42)
Brachytydeus reticulatus, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 12, 42) corrected under art. 34.2 of ICZN
Lorryia bedfordiensis, junior synonym of Lorryia superba according to Kaźmierski et al. (2018: 813).

Evans described this species as having a single seta on the palpal tibia; there are two according to Baker (1968: 992).
Species redescribed and all active stases figured, not to be confused with Brachytydeus stephani (André, 1987: 152–153).
Differences between Brachytydeus reticulatus and B. bedfordiensis were given by Baker (1968: 992) who outlined their similarity.
Synonymy based on type slides by Kaźmierski (1998: 301)
Synonymy between reticulata/us and bedfordiensis not cited by Silva et al. (2016).

André, H.M. 1987. Tydeinae from Belgium (Acari : Tydeidae). II. The genera Tydeus, Idiolorryia and Metalorryia. Acarologia 28(2): 151–159. Abstract and full article
Baker, E.W. 1968. The genus Lorryia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 986–1008. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/61.4.986 Reference page.
Evans, G.O. 1952. Terrestrial Acari new to Britain. II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 12) 5: 660–675.
Kaźmierski, A. 1998. Tydeinae of the world: generic relationships, new and redescribed taxa and keys to all species. A revision of the subfamilies Pretydeinae and Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) – part IV. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 41(2): 283–455. Reference page.
Kaźmierski, A., Marciniak, M. & Sikora, B. 2018. Tydeinae mites (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Tydeidae) from bird nests with description of three new species. Systematic and Applied Acarology 23(5): 803-823.
Silva, G.L. da, Metzelthin, M.H., Silva, O.S. da & Ferla, N.J. 2016. Catalogue of the mite family Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with the world key to the species. Zootaxa 4135(1): 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4135.1.1. Reference page.